cochairman

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noun

A joint chairman.

OriginEnglish chairman ← Middle English man ← Old English mann →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nouncochairman (plural cochairmen)

plural cochairmen · alternative co-chairman

  1. A joint chairman.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinco-
  7. Englishco-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
  10. Proto-Hellenic*kətá
  11. Ancient Greekκατά (katá)
  12. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*sedreh₂
  14. Proto-Hellenic*hédrā
  15. Ancient Greekἕδρα (hédra)
  16. Ancient Greekκᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)
  17. Latincathedra
  18. Old Frenchchaiere
  19. Middle Englishchayere
  20. Englishchair
  21. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  22. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  23. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  24. Old Englishmann
  25. Middle Englishman
  26. Englishchairman
  27. Englishcochairman

From co- + chairman.

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APA

cochairman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cochairman

MLA

“cochairman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cochairman. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cochairman,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cochairman.

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